Kelley Bouchard

Portland Press Herald

Kelley Bouchard writes about what’s happening in Maine and beyond, with a focus on South Portland, Scarborough, Cape Elizabeth and other communities in Cumberland County. Her interests include housing, immigration, human rights, history, aging issues, sustainability, the environment and the untold story. A Maine native and University of Maine graduate, she was a college intern for two summers at the former Lewiston Evening Journal. Before joining the staff of the Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram in 1998, she was a reporter for the Ipswich Chronicle, Beverly Times and Salem Evening News in Massachusetts. Favorite pastimes include gardening, cooking for family and friends, streaming foreign TV series and kayaking at camp.

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Published
December 21, 2020

New COVID-19 vaccine arrives in Maine as inoculations begin at nursing homes

Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston received 60 vials of a new Moderna vaccine Monday morning, while The Cedars in Portland hosted its first vaccination clinic for residents and employees.
Published
December 20, 2020

Getting vaccinated is just the first step for front-line hospital staff

After caring for COVID patients for nine months, the first ICU and ER workers inoculated at Maine Med are doing fine and hoping everyone keeps wearing masks and gets vaccinated, too, as soon as possible.
Published
December 16, 2020

Maine hospitals continue vaccine rollout while surge sets record

Skilled nursing homes plan to begin vaccinating residents and staff members on Monday.
Published
December 15, 2020

Workers on pandemic’s front line first in Maine to get vaccine

Maine Medical Center in Portland received 975 doses of Pfizer’s vaccine Tuesday and began inoculating health care workers in the intensive care, emergency and COVID units.
Published
December 14, 2020

Maine nursing homes say some employees and residents reluctant to get vaccinated

Without widespread inoculation against COVID-19, most nursing homes will have to remain closed to visitors for months to come.
Published
December 13, 2020

Difficult ethical choices await Maine’s vaccine planners: Who goes first?

Hospital and nursing home administrators will pick the first vaccine recipients.
Published
December 10, 2020

How do the vaccines work?

How many doses of the Pfizer vaccine will Maine get and when? The Maine CDC expects to receive 12,675 doses of the Pfizer vaccine as soon as next week, and it will use them to vaccinate front-line health care workers and residents of long-term care facilities. Maine has an estimated 75,000 health care workers with […]
Published
December 10, 2020

Maine colleges lend critical research freezers as state mobilizes for historic vaccine rollout

UNE, SMCC, Bates and Colby lend ultra-cold freezers needed to store the COVID-19 vaccine made by Pfizer.
Published
December 4, 2020

Maine to receive first allotment of vaccines in series of shipments

The first round of shipments, totaling 72,925 doses destined for front-line health care workers and long-term care residents, will include both Pfizer and Moderna products, the Maine CDC says.
Published
December 4, 2020

Federal and state officials don’t explain discrepancy in Maine’s first vaccine shipment

A day after Gov. Janet Mills said the state was told it would receive a third of the doses it expected, spokespeople for Sens. Collins and King wouldn’t say what Maine’s senators are doing to ensure a fair and equitable distribution of the vaccine.